The Ottawa Citizen ran a detailed feature on the lawful access bills with comments from both law enforcement and privacy advocates. Police say requiring warrants for ISP subscriber data is "harmful to public safety."
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Nobel Prize Winner on IP, Open Access and the Public Domain
Elinor Ostrom, this year's Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, has published on intellectual property, open access, and the public domain.
Conservative Committee Chair Against Anti-Spam Bill Exceptions
ITBusiness reports that Conservative MP Michael Chong, chair of the Industry Committee, is against further watering down of Bill C-27, the anti-spam bill. Will the Liberal MPs on the committee also take a stand against spam?
Peer-to-Peer Traffic Declining Dramatically
Wired reports on a new Arbor Networks study that finds a dramatic decline in P2P as a percentage of network traffic over the past two years.
CIRA and IISD Team Up For Survey
CIRA and IISD have teamed up on a survey focusing on CIRA's potential role on Internet policy matters. The survey is available here.